Report of the UN fact finding mission on the Gaza conflict, ICJ’s call to end impunity
The ICJ welcomed today the release of the report by the Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza conflict presented to the Human Rights Council.
ICJ submission to the United Nations fact finding mission on the Gaza conflict
The ICJ welcomes the opportunity to address the International Independent Fact Finding Mission.
The Mission was established by the President of the Human Rights Council (HRC) pursuant to Resolution S-9/1 of the HRC, to “investigate all violations of International Human Rights Law and International Humanitarian Law that might have been committed at any time in the context of the military operations that were conducted in Gaza during the period from 27 December 2008 to 18 January 2009 whether before during or after”.
Gaza-Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza conflict-non-legal submission-2009 (full text, PDF)
Israeli Military operations in Gaza must stop – civilians must be protected
The ICJ today called for an immediate end to the 12-day Israeli Military operations in Gaza that have claimed lives of more than 660 and wounded some 3.000 Palestinians.
Nine Israelis have also been killed during these operations. Many of the victims have been civilians.
“Palestinian civilians continue to pay the heaviest toll in operations that appear replete with violations of international humanitarian law”,” said the ICJ. “Many attacks have been indiscriminate or disproportionate, and Israel has failed in its legal obligation to take constant care to spare civilians and civilian objects from attack.
Palestine-Israeli military operations in Gaza must stop; civilians must be protected-Press releases-2009 (full text, PDF)
The ICJ calls on the Palestinian Authority to abolish the death penalty and commute the executions imposed by military courts
The ICJ called on the Palestinian Government to abolish the death penalty, to commute the executions of the death sentences imposed by the military courts in Gaza and the West Bank.
ICJ concludes high level mission to the occupied Palestinian Territories and Israel
The ICJ today concluded its second high-level mission to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT).
ICJ Commissioners Professor Pedro Nikken and Professor Rajeev Dhavan led the mission. In the West Bank, they met with senior Palestinian officials, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Mr. Issa Abu Sharar, the Public Prosecutor, Mr. Ahmed Maghni, and representatives of local NGOs and the legal community. They also visited illegal settlements and the wall of separation in the West Bank and Jerusalem. In Israel, the ICJ delegation held meetings with senior governmental officials and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Israel, Ms. Dorit Beinisch
This mission followed the first ICJ mission to Gaza, led by its Secretary-General in December 2007. The first mission met with representatives of the dismissed government of Hamas, senior judges, lawyers, local NGOs and representatives of the legal community. The mission visited refugee camps in Jabaliya, Dir Al Balah, Khan Younes, witnessing the devastating impact of the Israeli siege of Gaza on the humanitarian situation in these camps and the human rights of the civilian population in Gaza.
Palestine-Israel-ICJ Includes a Second High Level Mission to the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Israel-web-2008 (full text, PDF)
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